Themes and Motifs: Past Personal past
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Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Crib / Cradle | Objects›Fire | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation